shepard scopes any experience

[DanWessonfan]

http://www.shepherdscopes.com/

Anyone ever use one of these or know someone who has?

[aubie515]

You may want to include it's intended use...you can narrow down optics once you establish the optics use.

You may also want to figure out the price range on optics because you can go from super cheap to ultra expensive. I personally don't feel that Shepards are worth the money.

[Tomcat088]

I don't have any personal experience with Shepard scopes, but I can tell you right now that some of their marketing is just BS. On any reliable scope that isn't a total piece of junk, you should be able to put your crosshairs where you originally had them, and dial in the difference and make the hit after the dial. If one jerks the trigger or is moving alot, then obviously you wouldn't be able to dial in properly, but barring this, with any good scope, you should be able to. I have personally seen crosshairs move in Bushnell Elite scopes as I adjusted them. This would mean that the claim that they make on their "one shot zero" page is false, because there are other scopes in the world that you can "watch" the crosshairs move. http://www.shepherdscopes.com/oneshot.asp . I have yet to see another manufacturer that I know of that uses that 2 piece reticle so you could tell if an element shifted. As I stated about other rifle scopes, you shouldn't see things like this happening with a good rifle scope in the first place. You can make the adjustments they say that their scope offers (reference), you can make with any mildot, tactical milling, etc reticle like that because you can also tell how many moa it's off. If you have a target that has 1" or .5" groups marked on it, you don't have to have a reference in the scope, you know exactly how many clicks to adjust if you know your distance. Also realize that with any "ballistic plex" type reticle, there will always be minor miscalculations in it. They are not quite as accurate as knowing the drop of your bullet and dialing it in the scope.

As I said, I don't have any experience with this brand of scope and don't even know what they cost. I am merely saying that some of the claims they make can be done with other scopes just the same.

[DanWessonfan]

they are about the cost of a standard Zeiss scope and up.

[Hokkmike]

I do have personal experience with them and have found the scope extremely easy to site in. The range finding capabilities make distance shooting easier. I do think they are somewhat overpriced, however. Overall, I WOULD recommend them.

[PattySShepherd]

I just found your comments, Thankyou, Patty